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Dec 5, 2022 at 10:15pmWeb
Show threadwinterminDec 5, 2022
@compass1312 no, it doesn’t make sense. Is this meant to be the reason why Tetsuya Yamagami (allegedly) shot him in the back? Because he didn’t do enough to control the pandemic?
Show threadInanimate Carbon GodDec 6, 2022
@wintermin @compass1312 It's been circulating since July and it's been horseshit since then: https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-abe-wef-idUSL1N2YT0XV
Fact Check-No evidence Shinzo Abe killed for not following ‘WEF orders’

Some social media users are claiming that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated for not following World Economic Forum (WEF) orders over COVID-19. There is no evidence to back up this claim.

Reuters
Show threadwinterminDec 6, 2022
@inanimatecarbongod @compass1312 wow - I didn’t realise how unhinged this conspiracy theory was. It’s kinda sad that Reuters felt they should take the time to point out that it’s fake.
Show threadDr CamDec 5, 2022
@compass1312 Nope.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/false-claim-links-shinzo-abe-to-ivermectin-as-a-covid-treatment/
False claim links Shinzo Abe to ivermectin as a COVID treatment - Australian Associated Press

An Australian peddler of misinformation is using the former Japanese PM's murder to promote the fallacy an anti-parasitic drug can cure COVID-19.

Australian Associated Press